One Big History Department
Richard Kennett writes... Helen Snelson and I have just returned from the annual EUROCLIO conference in Gdansk. If you don’t know, EUROCLIO is the umbrella organisation for all the national organisations of history teachers across the continent; the HA is a member. There were over 150 history teachers from a huge variety of countries with us... Continue Reading →
Some colleagues are fortunate to work in schools where there is strong senior management support for the teaching of history, in departments where there is a long history of high-quality leadership and teaching, and are able to feel confident about curriclum planning for the new Ofsted, teaching and learning to meet the needs of every... Continue Reading →
Jen Thornton, Head of History at Loreto Grammar School, shares her solution to teaching 'the big picture'. She describes her approach and then shares her scripts with us so everyone can use them. Onebighistorydepartment! As an NQT back in 2006, I was blessed to work with a brilliant History department, and there is one thing... Continue Reading →
With the focus of Ofsted firmly on subjects, curriculum, knowledge and middle leaders, the HA once more rides to the rescue with a Conference that is packed full of it all. The highest quality CPD, plus a chance to scrobble exam boards, publishers and to network for great ideas and contacts... SLT should be easy... Continue Reading →
In this post Jason Todd, PGCE Tutor at Oxford University and member of Secondary Committee, gives really helpful advice about how to make your teaching of World War One less limited to the Western Front, and therefore more accurate and respectful to the past, without rewriting everything you do and adding much time to the... Continue Reading →
The Historical Association Secondary Committee have put together this HA_Historical_Fiction_listlist for people to use with their students. It is designed to help history teachers to inspire students of all ages in secondary school to read historical fiction for pleasure and also to get better at doing history. Please share it! Historical fiction works very powerfully... Continue Reading →
Continuing our efforts to share really good resources being provided free for teachers and their students, this post is to draw your attention to historiana.eu EUROCLIO, the European Network of History Educators of which the Historical Association is a member, is making available resources on World War One, the Versailles Treaty, the inter-war years, World War... Continue Reading →
Continuing our theme of bringing sources of good quality resoures to the OBHD community, this post features www.thinkinghistory.co.uk. It is a site where the key word is 'respect'. Respect for people of the past acting without the benefit of hindsight and respect for voices that may not always be heard. Almost everything on it has been... Continue Reading →
There have recently been some superb initiatives by colleagues to collate lists of all the very many helpful resources out there that we can use as history teachers. This work on behalf of the community saves so much time and is so helpful to newer colleague less au fait with the sources old hands use... Continue Reading →
